Pyar Ka Bandhan...Raksha Bandhan

Bhaiya Mere Rakhi ke Bandhan ko nibhana...

Bhaiya mere, choti behen ko na bhulana...

Lata Ji's song is a must on this special day! Yes IFians, we are here to celebrate one of the most beautiful bonds in the world, that is, the bond between siblings, specifically brothers and sisters. Although, the day of Raksha Bandhan is primarily for brothers and sisters, it has over the years expanded to include non-blood relations, cousins and sisters tying rakhi to one another too. Some women will also visit mandirs and tie rakhi to Lord Krishna.

The words, Raksha and Bandhan mean Protection and Bond. By tying a rakhi (a thread) to one's brother, the sister prays for her brother's prosperity, health and happiness, while the brother vows to protect his sister from any harm. It is also common for brothers to give gifts to their sisters on this day.

Your siblings are typically your closest friends (despite the fights when you were kids) and have your back no matter what. And even though like mother's day and father's day, one doesn't need a specific day to show love, affection and the strength of a sibling bond, Raksha Bandhan is still a day to cherish and spend time with your siblings. So make the most of it, life is very short!

Wishing you all a very happy Raksha Bandhan.🤗 Before you all run off to tie rakhis... scroll down for the fun rakhi contest!...😊

Raakhis are usually used to convey admiration and respect for your brother who promises to be there for you and protect you always.

Here on IF too, we all have friends who are more like family, and here's to celebrating them.

We have 5 different coloured Raakhis that convey 5 different feelings:

Red - Courageous

Blue - Calm

Yellow - Happy

Purple - Graceful

Green - Optimistic

After the sign-up ends on 30 August 2023, 11.59 PM IST, I will release a Google form and you have to dedicate a Raakhi for one of the other players. You will have till 2 September 2023, 11.59 PM IST to do so.

The first 25% of participants to collect all five Raakhis will be the winners. If more people manage to get 5 Raakhis before 2 September 2023, they'll be the winners too.

If we don't get all the winners, I will post the names and the number of raakhis each person has. You can then give away an extra Raakhi you have to your fellow participant who needs it to complete a set. People can ask you in this thread to help them achieve their complete set.

The objective is to have at least one of each of the 5 coloured Raakhis. On 3 September 2023, 11.59 PM IST, I will close the form.

Confused how it works? No problem. I'll give an example:

Kadyn, Shreya, Maria and I were playing with you guys and by 2 September, 25% people managed to get 5 Rakhis each, including Shreya, so they are the winners.

But:

Maria gets one red, orange and yellow rakhi and two purple rakhis.

Kadyn gets one of red, orange, green and yellow but needs a purple to complete her set.

I have zero Raakhis (because you all are meanies!)

So, it comes down to Maria to either help Kadyn win by giving her one purple Raakhi or save my dignity by giving me so that I don't lose that badly or give away none and let fate decide for us.

Sounds easy? Sign away then!

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Q: We can dedicate Raakhi to any 5 people or same 1 person participating in this game, right?

5 DIFFERENT people who are participating in this game

Q: How will any participant get to know how many Raakhi’s they received from others?

oh_nakhrewaali will post after the deadline

Q: Will the assigning of Rakhis be kept anonymous? Meaning only the organizers know who gave away what Rakhi to whom?

Only we'll know, for the first round atleast, second mein you'll be asking for raakhis, so you might get an idea ki who gave you.

Q: We only get one chance to give away 5 Rakhis? Then if there are no clear winners and if we have surplus of one colour, we can choose to give it away, right? And this will be on the open forum, not on Google forms?

One chance in R1, one in r2

If you have more than one after R1 ends and you feel like Santa, you can give away the extra to the people needing to complete the set.

This will be on the same Google form, because alag banane ka zyada kuch matlab hoga nahi, I'll just try to find time to update in a post if someone does manage to complete their set in those 24 hrs so that even you are in loop a little.

Q: Will R2 happen anyway? Or only if there are no clear winners in R1?

Anyway, unless somehow all 18 of you manage to win

Q: By asking for Rakhis - do you mean we'll actually have to ask people who have surplus?

Ask people, yup

Q: Or will it be upto them to volunteer to give their extra rakhis to anyone they want to - that they'll see on the list you put up?

They can give the Raakhi to whoever they want who needs to complete the set

Happy Raksha Bandhan to all🤗 fun fact, I celebrate Rakhi on Rishi Panchami😃.

Beautiful thread and tags btw.

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Happy Rakshabandhan 😃❤️

Happy Raksha Bandhan to all. 🤗
Sign me up.

Originally posted by: oh_nakhrewaali

After the sign-up ends on 31 August 2023, 11.59 PM IST, I will release a Google form and you have to dedicate a Raakhi for one of the other players. You will have till 2 September 2023, 11.59 PM IST to do so.

Just 2 Qs.
1. We can dedicate Raakhi to any 5 people or same 1 person participating in this game, right?
2. How will any participant get to know how many Raakhi’s they received from others? 🤔

Originally posted by: Swetha-Sai

Just 2 Qs.
1. We can dedicate Raakhi to any 5 people or same 1 person participating in this game, right?

5 DIFFERENT people who are participating in this game
2. How will any participant get to know how many Raakhi’s they received from others? 🤔

I will post after the deadline

Answers in red

Happy Rakshabandhan ❤️

Do play and tag others

Originally posted by: oh_nakhrewaali

Happy Rakshabandhan ❤️

Do play and tag others